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Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of Jacobo Árbenz. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changes the development of Latin America, the accusation by the Eisenhower administration that...

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Main Author:	Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- (Author)
Other Authors:	West, Adrian Nathan (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the Spanish.
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2021].
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Fiction. Guatemala > History > Revolution, 1954 > Fiction. Political violence > Guatemala > History > 20th century > Fiction.

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Summary:	Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of Jacobo Árbenz. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changes the development of Latin America, the accusation by the Eisenhower administration that Árbenz encouraged the spread of Soviet Communism in the Americas.
Item Description:	"Originally published in Spanish in 2019 by Alfaguara Ediciones, Spain, as Tiempos recios"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	288 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	9780374601232 0374601232